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Page 69
... Fezziwig ! Bless his heart ; it's Fezziwig alive again ! " Old Fezziwig laid down his pen , and looked up at the clock , which pointed to the hour of seven . He rubbed his hands ; adjusted his capacious waistcoat ; laughed all over ...
... Fezziwig ! Bless his heart ; it's Fezziwig alive again ! " Old Fezziwig laid down his pen , and looked up at the clock , which pointed to the hour of seven . He rubbed his hands ; adjusted his capacious waistcoat ; laughed all over ...
Page 70
... Fezziwig , skipping down from the high desk , with wonderful agility . " Clear away , my lads , and let's have lots of room here ! Hilli - ho , Dick ! Chirrup , Ebene- zer ! " Clear away ! There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared ...
... Fezziwig , skipping down from the high desk , with wonderful agility . " Clear away , my lads , and let's have lots of room here ! Hilli - ho , Dick ! Chirrup , Ebene- zer ! " Clear away ! There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared ...
Page 71
... Fezziwig , clapping his hands to stop the dance , cried out , " Well done ! " and the fiddler plunged his hot face into a pot of porter , espe- cially provided for that purpose . But scorning rest upon his reappearance , he instantly ...
... Fezziwig , clapping his hands to stop the dance , cried out , " Well done ! " and the fiddler plunged his hot face into a pot of porter , espe- cially provided for that purpose . But scorning rest upon his reappearance , he instantly ...
Page 72
... Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig . Top couple , too ; with a good stiff piece of work cut out for them ; three or four and twenty pair of partners ; people who were not to be trifled with ; people who would dance , and had ...
... Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig . Top couple , too ; with a good stiff piece of work cut out for them ; three or four and twenty pair of partners ; people who were not to be trifled with ; people who would dance , and had ...
Page 73
... Fezziwig would have been a match for them , and so would Mrs. Fezziwig . As to her , she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term . If that's not high praise , tell me higher , and I'll use it . A positive light ap ...
... Fezziwig would have been a match for them , and so would Mrs. Fezziwig . As to her , she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term . If that's not high praise , tell me higher , and I'll use it . A positive light ap ...
Contents
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CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME Sir Walter Scott | 150 |
THE SHIPWRECK Robert Louis Stevenson | 165 |
ELEPHANT HUNTING Roualeyn Gordon Cumming | 180 |
SOME CLEVER MONKEYS Thomas Belt | 198 |
POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC Benjamin Franklin | 204 |
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK | 221 |
TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN William Cullen Bryant | 290 |
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY Robert Burns | 295 |
BANNOCKBURN Robert Burns | 303 |
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY Washington Irving | 311 |
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Samuel T Coleridge | 321 |
THE PETRIFIED FERN Mary Bolles Branch | 352 |
AN EXCITING CANOE RACE J Fenimore Cooper | 376 |
THE BUFFALO Francis Parkman | 395 |
THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES George Rogers Clark | 228 |
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK Edgar Allan Poe | 255 |
THE MODERN BELLE Stark | 266 |
THE KNOCKOUT Davy Crockett | 275 |
TO MY INFANT SON Thomas Hood | 283 |
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Alfred Tennyson | 452 |
QUEEN VICTORIA Anna McCaleb | 458 |
THE RECESSIONAL Rudyard Kipling | 471 |
THE SOLDIERS DREAM Thomas Campbell | 476 |
THE PICKETGUARD Mrs Ethel Lynn Beers | 483 |
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